Ontogeny of melatonin, Per2 and E4bp4 light responsiveness in the chicken embryonic pineal gland

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-50

  Herichova I ^a   Monosikova J ^a   Zeman, M ^a,b  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bmal1; Circadian; Clock; Entrainment; Pacemaker; Phase dependence

Indexed keywords

E4BP4 PROTEIN; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; PER2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HATCHLING; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONTOGENY; OSCILLATION; PACEMAKER; PINEAL BODY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AVES;

EID: 37049028372     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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